The food

This Calgary-born concept first spread out west, with locations in Edmonton and Vancouver, and then moved east to Ottawa before gracing Toronto. Everything here is Prairie-sky huge, from the 420-seat space, to the 160 taps, to the nearly 50-item menu, which includes just about every North American bar-food favourite: wings, poutine, burgers, ribs, nachos and fried pickles. A few international flavours (tacos, ahi poke bowls, coconut curry shrimp, Korean lettuce wraps) round out the offerings.

A trio of shrimp tacos, made with white corn tortillas and topped with aged white cheddar, pico de gallo and a lime-avocado cream sauce. ($14.50). They’re pictured here with the Twenty Mile farmhouse saison from Beamsville’s Bench Brewing Co.).

The Yucatan chicken salad is a mix of greens, fire-roasted corn, pico de gallo, avocado, roasted red pepper, black beans, shredded cheddar and crispy tortilla, all topped with a chili-lime dressing ($17.50). It’s pictured with a half-litre of Pilsner Urquell

This grilled west-coast salmon is served with quinoa, almonds and green beans sautéed in a chili-garlic vinaigrette ($26). It’s pictured here with Left Field’s Laser Show, a super-juicy IIPA.

The space

“This is my craft beer cathedral,” says L’Heureux, looking down from the mezzanine onto the bustling main floor below. The 16,000-square-foot, two-storey space will be even bigger by next summer, thanks to the addition of a 250-seat courtyard patio.